September 11, 2026
Exit Statement on UK Failure to Pass EOL Law Again
Exit International Founder, Dr Philip Nitschke, has called it ‘ridiculous’ that the UK Parliament has not been able to progress a very conservative and very restrictive end of life law, yet again. ‘I mean Australia legislated 30 years ago to legalise voluntary euthanasia with the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act and while that law […]
September 6, 2026
Right to Life UK Fail to Stop Exit London Meeting
Controversial right-to-die campaigner dubbed ‘Dr Death’ speaks in London to promote his ‘suicide collar’ – but without the device over fears ‘it would get stopped at customs’ by SAMUEL HUDSON. A GP dubbed ‘doctor death’ failed to bring his ‘suicide collar’ into Britain amid fears it would be seized by customs. Hugely controversial Dr Philip […]
September 4, 2026
Athanasios Founder to Speak at Exit London Meeting
On Saturday 5 September, Exit will host the Founder of the Swiss Association, Athanasios, to its meeting at Dragon Hall in London. Carlos Cabrera founded Athanasios in 2025, having worked for a different Swiss organisation for many years previously. Since its establishment in Basel, Athanasios has become a leading assisted dying group in Switzerland. Not […]
August 30, 2026
Doctor behind first legal voluntary assisted death welcomes laws
Reports ports Jane Bardon VAD passed in parliament on Thursday night after all NT government cabinet members, and a majority of backbenchers, voted the bill through. In short: Dr Philip Nitschke, the first doctor to help a terminally-ill patient access legal voluntary assisted dying, has welcomed the NT passing VAD laws. He has questioned the […]
August 23, 2026
Ricky Gervais open to assisted dying but only under strict circumstances
Ricky Gervais would consider going to assisted dying clinic Dignitas but only in certain circumstances. The 65-year-old comedian, who has voiced his support for the UK’s Assisted Dying Bill, has opened up about whether or not he’d consider going to the Swiss clinic to end his life on his own terms if his health declined […]
August 22, 2026
Veronica AI Assessment Launches at Exit London Workshop
Never before has AI been used to help assess a person’s mental capacity in the context of end of life decision-making. Launching at Exit’s 2026 London Workshop will be the new AI Mental Capacity Assessment protocol known as ‘Veronica‘. Veronica – Verification of Cognitive Ability The VeronicaTest.AI website is now live. The Veronica protocol is […]
August 16, 2026
Disability campaigners call for Burnham to delay assisted dying bill
James Gregory reports for the BBC Disabled and terminally ill campaigners have written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to reform social and palliative care before assisted dying legislation is introduced in England and Wales. The Assist Us To Live group says people are currently being “failed by society” and “introducing assisted dying in […]
August 5, 2026
History & Politics of Australia’s Telehealth Ban
At the current time in Australia there is much discussion and soul-searching about the ban on ‘Telehealth’ when it comes to voluntary assisted dying. What is omitted from the debate (that concerns whether or not to overturn the ban) is the history of how this ban came into being, long before the terms ‘telehealth’ and […]
